Kentucky Oaks winner Believe You Can’s third foal is among the five hips Airdrie Stud is consigning in Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and Bret Jones said the team believes he could be the best foal the farm has bred yet.

The Elkstone Group’s Social Paranoia was less than a length away from being a stakes winner—and a grade 1 winner at that—when he was entered in the Sept. 8, $600,000 Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby at Kentucky Downs.

Gary Barber’s War of Will breezed a bullet five furlongs in :59 flat under exercise rider Amy Mullen on the Belmont Park main track Sept. 7 in preparation for the Sept. 21 Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing.

Making his third start, Natalie Baffert’s Bronn broke his maiden Sept. 8 at Los Alamitos Race Course and became the first winner for Buck Pond Farm’s freshman sire Conveyance.

The Elkstone Group’s Social Paranoia was less than a length away from being a stakes winner—and a grade 1 winner at that—when he was entered in the Sept. 8, $600,000 Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby at Kentucky Downs.

Circus Maximus and Romanised served up a thrilling climax to the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (G1) Sept. 8 when stewards ruled there was no interference. The Romanised team announced they would appeal the decision at France Galop in the coming days.

Off a 2018 auction that produced a double-digit gain in gross receipts and record average price, the bar has been set high for Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale that will be renewed for the 76th time from Sept. 9-22.

Six-time graded stakes-winner Catholic Boy came out of his Sept. 7 breeze in good order and is slated to make his next start in the Sept. 21 Kelso Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park, trainer Jonathan Thomas said Sept. 8.

With a Triple Crown winner fresh on the Glennwood Farm résumé, John Gunther was named National Breeder of the Year at the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Asoociation 34th Annual National Awards Dinner and took home extra hardware to boot.

Going into Korea’s biggest international races Sept. 8 at Seoul Racecourse, it appeared the local contingent had added a big measure of talent to the usual home-field advantage.

A Maclean’s Music filly half sister to two stakes winners was purchased by William and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s East Hickman for $145,000 to top the Sept. 5 Equine Sales of Louisiana’s Consignor Select Yearling Sale in Opelousas, La.

Zulu Alpha’s performance was the centerpiece of a record day at Kentucky Downs, which smashed its single-day betting mark with a total of $11,322,270 wagered on the 10-race card.

New York’s Turf Triple series for 3-year-old colts and fillies concluded Sept. 7 at Belmont Park when Team Valor and Earle Mack’s Spanish Mission claimed the $1 million Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes by a nose.  

Jerry Caroom’s High on Gin remained undefeated and became the first black-type winner for her sire, Florida stallion Fury Capcori, when she drew off by two lengths to win the $60,000 Happy Ticket Stakes Sept. 7 on the turf at Louisiana Downs.

There is something of a gladiatorial element to a highly-charged Prix du Moulin (G1), with two of Ireland’s best milers clashing in the amphitheatre that is ParisLongchamp.

Marconi overcame a slow start to lead a talented six-horse field through a romping wire-to-wire score Sept. 7 in the $300,000 Grand Prix American Jockey Club Invitational at Belmont Park.

The competition of graded stakes winners proved to be no problem for Jim and Susan Hill’s Totally Boss, who was a clear winner in the $684,640 Runhappy Turf Sprint Stakes (G3T) Sept. 7 at Kentucky Downs. 

Flap Jack, entering the race still a maiden, and second-time starter Mom’s Red Lipstick upset the final graded stakes of the season Sept. 7 at Arlington Park, the Arlington-Washington Futurity (G3) and Arlington-Washington Lassie (G3).